David gumming



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Letters Patent No. 76,407. dated April 7, 1868.

IMPROVED BILLING-PRESS.'

T() ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l

Be it known that I, DAVID CUMMING, Jr., of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billing-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making n part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation,

Figure 2 a longitudinal section,

Figure 3 a. top View, i

Figure 4 a transversesection, and.

Figure 5 a longitudinal section through a. portion of" one of the follower-rods.

The same letters refer to corresponding parts in the different figures, in which A is the frame of the'press; B, the bex, in which to place the material to be buled. C is the follower. D D are the follower-rods, having on their upper sides the ratchets E E. F is an eccentric-wheel, the shaft of which has bearings in the boxes G G, which slide on the followerrods. II II are pawls, pivoted to the front ends of the boxesG G. I is a. eoneentric-wheel, being much smaller in diameter than the eccentric-wheel. The shaft of the wheel I has bearings in the boxes K K, which are firmly attached to the frame ofthe press. On the front end of the boxes K K arepivoted the pawls L In front of the eccentric-wheel, and attached vto the frame, is the studN, which is continually near to or in contact with the periphery of the eccentric-wheel. R R are gearwbeels, firmly attached to the wheels F and I, the objectl of which is to cause the eccentric-wheel to rotate with certainty when the wheel I is rotated. T is a stop, pivoted to the frame between the follower-rods i Warmer of Ifrorkz'ng. l

The pawls are thrown out of gear with the ratchets, the follower drawn out of the box, and the material to baled placed in the box in the usual way. The pawls are thenl put in gear with the ratchets, and with the crank O. The wheel I is rotated, which rotates the eccentric-wheel, and the greatest diameter of'which, coming in contact with the wheel I, presses the boxes ofthe eccentric-wheel forward, and the pawls II I-I', operating in the ratehets, carry the follower with them. When the greatest diameter of theeccentric-wheel is in contact with the wheel I, the pawls L Ik, operating in the ratehets, hold the follower in its place, while the eccentricwheel, with its boxes and pawls attached thereto, are pressed back again by the greatest diameter of the eccentric-wheel coming in contact with the stud N, the operntion'to be continued until the follower is pressed home. To release the follower after the bale is tied, the crank is rotated until the pawls L L are released and thrown out of gear with the ratehets, and the ends of the follower-rods' heldby the stop T. Thelmotion of the wheels is tlienreversed until the pawls II H can be released and thrown ont of gear with the ratchets. When the stop 'I is turned, the follower can be drawn back. In fig. 3, the top of the box, fr, is removed to show the follower in its place. V

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the eccentric-wheel F, in its movable bearings G G, with driving-wheel I, stud N, follower C, racks E E, and pawls H H and L L, all arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

DAVID GUMMING, JR. Witnesses:

HonA'rro BATEMAN, E. LANGDON. 

